ἀστεμφής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[unmoved]], [[unshaken]], βουλή <span class="bibl">Il.2.344</span>; βίη <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1375</span>; <b class="b3">ἀστεμφὲς ἔχεσκε [τὸ σκῆπτρον</b>] he held it [[stiff]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.219</span>; οὐδός <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>812</span>; ἀ. οἵη νέκυς <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.70</span>. Adv., <b class="b3">ὑμεῖς ἀστεμφέως ἐχέμεν</b> you hold <b class="b2">fast!</b> <span class="bibl">Od.4.419</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">459</span>; ἀστεμφῶς τὸν βίον διενήξατο Marin. <span class="title">Procl.</span>15: neut. [[ἀστεμφές]] as adverb, [[stiffly]], [[starkly]], <span class="bibl">Mosch.4.113</span>; <b class="b3">νεφέλαι . . ἀ. μελανεῦσαι</b> dark [[without relief]], <span class="bibl">Arat.878</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[stiff]], ποιηταὶ σκληροὶ καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>579</span>; ἀ. τελαμών [[unflinching]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.13.37</span>; as pr. n. of a Titan, <span class="bibl">Emp.123</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of a trap, [[relentless]], AP6.296 (Leon.); [[ζυγός]], [[δεσμός]], <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.417</span>, <span class="bibl">2.84</span>; νύξ <span class="title">AP</span>9.424 (Duris).—Poet. word, also in late Prose, <span class="bibl">Agath.1.21</span>. (Cf. [[στέμβω]], [[στέμφυλον]], Skt. <b class="b2">stabhnaā´ti</b> `supports', `holds fast'.)</span>